Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

After a year full of more scandals, indictments, political contentiousness, workplace violence, school shootings and natural disasters, maybe it’s time we all took a collective breath and focused on some of the positives that came out of 2018. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

The comment caught my attention because later that morning I was going to moderate a discussion with Dan Dershem , General Partner at Supply Chain Ventures, about emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous trucks, and digital freight. Digital Freight. Blockchain.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2018

HighJump Launches Warehouse Control System at CSCMP Edge 2018. Reduce cold chain risk with live temperature control – Track temperature in real-time across cold chains via connections to a wide variety of IoT sources, allowing users to receive alerts as soon as exceptions occur to ensure freshness and avoid loss.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

She provided me with some main emission sources in that sector as well as what some companies are concentrating their reductions work on. Main sources are: Enteric fermentation of ruminant livestock during digestion. Down on the Farm I spoke to a contact of South Pole, who works a lot with the agriculture side of things.

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2020

Despite a pandemic that has disrupted many parts of the global supply chain, the freight market has been on a recent tear. Based on a few reliable indicators, the market is superseding the booming conditions of 2018. Current outbound tender volume is up 34 percent over 2019 and 38 percent over 2018 in year-over-year comparisons.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? If you can excite the people around you about sourcing responsibly, chances are you’ll be able to formulate a network of internal champions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. In January of 2018, Mr. Larkin transitioned from Stifel’s Research Department to Stifel’s Investment Banking team.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Finally, in making sourcing decisions, global trade compliance needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. In January of 2018, Mr. Larkin transitioned from Stifel’s Research Department to Stifel’s Investment Banking team. market share could grow to have 3.0%

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Elementum

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. range throughout 2018. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Technological solutions are helping many companies keep up and adjust to ever-changing consumer expectations. per gallon.

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GTG Technology Group

JANUARY 9, 2018

As 2018 approaches, leading companies will pioneer new trends in supply chain management. Freight “Uberization”. Truckers can arrange long-haul freight using their smartphones and offer mobile freight tracking that gives suppliers peace of mind. Sources: [link].

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Elementum

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. range throughout 2018. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Technological solutions are helping many companies keep up and adjust to ever-changing consumer expectations. per gallon.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 12, 2019

alone, Amazon introduced 208 million new products in 2018 — most of which are slow movers, or ‘long-tail’ items. Despite its extreme complexity and scale, Amazon’s July, 2018 earnings doubled shareholder expectations, turning a quarterly profit of a whopping $2.5bn. In the U.S. Applying A.I.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2023

” ( Source) Global freight, with its blend of structured processes, unpredictable variables and high frequency, is perhaps the most fertile playground for the AI revolution. We’ve been here before with Blockchain and Tradelens, which launched in 2018 and was done by the end of Q1 2023 – a good example of hype waves.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

COVID-19 didn’t start it all, but it certainly exacerbated serious supply chain disruptions that emerged during the trade wars in 2018 and 2019. This means supply chain leaders have had to shift from using trains back to using ocean freight and getting goods to market takes longer. The pandemic shut down ports and factories.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

billion, according to a source with knowledge of its terms.”. It brought in revenue of $441 million for 2018, a previously unreported total that represents annual growth of 95%. The investment […] values the San Francisco-based company at $3.2

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat. We can help business leaders by providing insight on the environment benefits or disadvantages of their different sourcing options to start with, but after that comes the physical moving of goods.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 12, 2019

2018) by resting on its laurels. The post Is Amazon In-Sourcing or Creating a New Service? Amazon didn’t get to where it is today (hit a market cap of $1 trillion in Sept. At the time I wrote this, Amazon’s market cap is $777.8 We can all rest assured that Amazon is looking to get back up to $1 trillion and stay there.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

In a recent Gartner survey titled “Weathering the Supply Chain Storm”, Raman said, “Already in 2018 and 2019, the U.S.-China The survey shows that a full third of companies with global supply chains intend to move their sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China in the next few years.

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GTG Technology Group

APRIL 22, 2019

5 Tips for Protecting Your Freight Against Cargo Thieves. Protecting freight is one of the responsibilities you have to your clients. In 2018, motor carriers reported almost 600 incidents of cargo theft nationwide. Sources: [link]. The average value of stolen goods per incident was $142,342.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Expanding and shifting sourcing Earlier this year, a number of retailers told analysts that they had expanded their sourcing partners to diversify inventories and mitigate risks. Floor & Decor is one of the latest retailers to diversify its countries of origin by moving a large portion of sourcing out of China.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

technologies that interact, communicate and create lakes of vital freight information is now entering the supply chain and these will be instrumental in bringing about the smart supply chain.”[2] 2] Haylle Sok, “ Industry Trends fro 2019 ,” Global Trade , 27 November 2018. [3] ”[1] Those arguments still hold.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Billal Chouli explains, “A supply chain is a network of suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, as well as intermediaries including freight companies, warehousing companies, and brokers, who transfer goods, services, money, and information amongst one another. ” 3. ” Neurochain , 11 September 2018. [2] 6] Sarah K.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 20, 2020

In 2018, the anticipated growth of B2B e-commerce passed the one trillion dollar mark , one year earlier than anticipated, on track to hit $3.6 Which brings us to freight. For international freight, though, it’s more complicated. Enter Freight-as-a-Service (FaaS). Integrated freight, not a freight integrator.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2020

Source: [link]. According to a 2018 report from Berenberg Research , “respondents in their teens and early 20s were drinking over 20% less per capita than millennials, who drank less than Baby Boomers and Gen Xers.”. Source: [link]. Source: [link]. Source: [link]. The meatless patty is made by Impossible Foods.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Joined Loadsmart in April 2018. 03:17] I have seen Loadsmart in the news a lot lately – clearly bringing some innovation to the freight brokerage space. Loadsmart is a digital freight brokerage that is more “nerd” than “freight broker.”. Loadsmart leverages data from public and private sources. Tell us about it.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Hence, the ability to trace each product to its source (product lineage) is critical for companies. Nanjundaiah insists, “There is immense potential in Blockchain technology and according to industry experts, 2018 will be a milestone year that we will see the adoption of the first set of blockchain solutions in enterprise applications.”

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment. Freight Farms calculates annual profit for each container to be an average of $39,000 annually.”

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

Carolina Sisters – Since 2018, Carolina Sisters has been sourcing from retailers and selling pallets of wholesale products to the general public. Newmine – In 2018, Newmine shifted its focus towards returns and launched cloud-based software to reduce customer return rates. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

The essence of this report that cites an informed source, indicates that Rivian is about to initiate a manufacturing reorganization that will include the relocation of portions of the start-up’s manufacturing engineering team to be directly resident at the company’s Normal, Illinois production facility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 3, 2023

Jordan Graft and Joe Lynch discuss freight has an identity crisis, which refers to rampant fraud and double brokering in the transportation business. Highway provides brokers with comprehensive data on carrier equipment to supercharge their capacity sourcing and vetting efforts.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. These two ports will continue to research the feasibility of lower emissions from freight and equipment going forward. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2019

Managing freight transportation. She writes, “In most food-supply chains it might take weeks to figure out where it went from source to destination, and in some cases, the source may not be known, but on a blockchain, it takes just seconds.”[3] Sharing information with customers. Managing trade documentation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

There is no solution to optimize source, make and deliver together or drive bidirectional orchestration to execute trade-offs between functions automatically. Examples include alternate sourcing, bill of material changes or alternate modes/routing between the planning, procurement and transportation.) History of INTTRA. My dilemma?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

With the 2018 General Rate Increase (GRI), FedEx and UPS are further “tightening the vise” for oversize packages. Below is a comparison of 2017 vs. 2018 parameters for oversize shipments: Source: enVista. Have lightweight/low density freight (e.g., Steps for Minimizing the Effects of the 2018 Oversize Changes.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2018

This is why as of 2018, 69% of supply chain organizations noted they are investigating in further exploring the technology.”[4] ”[5] He notes blockchain technology can be especially useful in the food supply chain to help uncover sources of contaminated food and, when necessary, reduce the size of recalls. Footnotes. [1]

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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